Racing 4,200 Miles for Refugees

Cycling across the USA in the Trans Am Bike Race for Asylum Link because I want my hard miles to help support ruined lives

Asylum Link Merseyside, offering welcome, support and friendship for Asylum seekers and Refugees.

Charity Registration No. 1095180

Story

Tenacity, gumption, mental fortitude & self-sufficiency. Qualities necessary in the ultra-distance race game, but also for millions of people worldwide fleeing their homes, in search of safety & the chance to live a normal life.

Relatively new to cycling, I instantly got hooked & last year cycled 5100 miles from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. I will now pit myself against the Trans Am Bike Race, a 4200 mile self-supported race across the USA in < 30 days. That's 145 miles every day minimum!!

Asylum Link support thousands of local Asylum Seekers & Refugees every year. Offering FRIENDSHIP, a COMMUNITY, the chance to feel human again. On top of the basics of HOUSING & daily FOOD, & CLOTHING to many homeless & destitute.

Please see their lovely video for more info: https://youtu.be/TjjewHin4eo

If I could raise £1 for every hard mile I have to ride, I would embrace the saddle sores, the insomnia, the potential injuries knowing that it has helped to support this group of vulnerable people.